Red Sox top Twins twice

WHITEFISH — The Bitterroot Red Sox swept an American Legion baseball doubleheader from the Glacier Twins AA on Sunday at Memorial Park.

Bitterroot, despite being outhit 7-6 in the opener, nailed down a 7-3 victory thanks to a four-run second inning.

The Red Sox followed that by slipping by the Twins in the second game 2-0.

“It’s coming around,” Glacier Twins coach Scott Murray said.

“We’re moving ahead.

“We believe in ourselves,” he continued.

“We just have to work a little harder to get it done.”

Murray said Garrett Houston and Bryce Wehrli “threw well in the second game.”

The two combined on a 5-hitter.

Houston fanned four and also walked four. Wehrli had one strikeout.

Murray said the Twins let a golden scoring opportunity slip away in the sixth inning when they left the bases loaded.

“We couldn’t do the little things (today),” he said.

“We paid a price for it.”

Shane Marcial had two hits in four trips to the plate to lead the Twins offensively in the first game. Wehrli doubled in the second outing.

Glacier (0-8) is back in action Saturday with a doubleheader in Helena versus the Senators. Helena swept Glacier in Whitefish 13-0 and 6-4 to open the season on April 28.

Game 1

Bitterroot Red Sox 141 010 0 — 7 6 1

Glacier Twins AA 010 002 0 — 3 7 1

J. Capko and T. Zeiler; C. Donahue, B. Wehrli (6) and Darling. W — Capko. L — Donahue.

BITTERROOT — C. Combs 0-2, N. Laranger 0-3, Capko 1-4, Zeiler 1-4, K. Lane 1-3, D. McCoy 1-1, N. Swertzer 1-2, T. Taylor 1-3, D. Burnham 0-3.

GLACIER — S. Marcial 2-4, J. Slaybaugh 0-3, G. Houston 0-4, P. Seymour 1-4, C. Donahue 1-2, N. Carr 0-3, C. Davis 1-3, R. Simmons 1-2, Darling 0-3, Wehrli 1-1.

RBIs—Combs, Capko (2), Zeiler, Swetzer, Burnham; Simmons (2).

Game 2

Bitterroot Red Sox 002 000 0 — 2 5 1

Glacier Twins AA 000 000 0 — 0 5 3

T. Zeiler, T. Lehr (5) and Lehr, Zeiler (5); G. Houston, B. Wehrli (6) and R. Simmons. W — Zeiler. L — Houston.

BITTERROOT — C. Combs 0-1, T. Lehr 0-1, J. Capko 1-3, T. Zeiler 2-4, S. Trautwein 0-3, T. Price 1-3, J. Olson 1-2, D. Bartle 0-2, B. Zeiler 0-2, C. Lund 0-1, T. Lehr 0-1.

GLACIER — S. Marcial 0-3, J. Slaybaugh 0-2, Houston 1-3, P. Seymour 1-3, Wehrli 1-3, C. Donahue 1-2, N. Carr 0-2, C. Davis 1-2, Simmons 0-2.

2B—Capko; Wehrli; RBIs—Capko (2).

Mariners 9, Lakers 6

Mariners 10, Lakers 8

The visiting Mission Valley Mariners swept a doubleheader from the Kalispell Lakers AA in a nonconference matchup.

Mission Valley improves to 7-2 on the season.

Kalispell (3-3) swept the Senators AA in Helena on Saturday.

Box scores were not available.

The Lakers entertain Class A Libby on Wednesday for one nine inning game starting at 6 p.m.

Libby vs. Glacier

LIBBY — The Class A doubleheader was canceled because the Glacier Twins could not field a full team.